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English
Pronunciation
- (of the adjectival and singular nominal sense) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/
- (of the plural nominal sense) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑːz/
Etymology 1
From Canadian French Québécois.
Noun
Québécois (plural Québécois)
- A native or inhabitant of the province or city of Quebec.
- Coordinate term: Québécoise
I am a proud Québécois.
Synonyms
Translations
native or inhabitant of the province or city of Quebec
- Bengali: কেবেকোয়া m (kebekōẇa), কেবেকোয়াজ f (kebekōẇaj)
- Catalan: quebequès (ca) m, quebequesa (ca) f
- Esperanto: kebekano (man or woman), kebekanino (woman)
- Finnish: quebeciläinen
- French: Québécois (fr) m, Québécoise (fr) f
- German: Quebecer m, Quebecerin f
- Italian: quebecchese m or f
- Ojibwe: baakwaayish, wemitigoozhi
- Portuguese: quebequense m or f
- Romanian: quebecan m
- Spanish: quebequés (es) m, quebequesa (es) f, quebequense m or f, quebequeño m (nonstandard, DPD), quebecense m or f (nonstandard, DPD)
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Etymology 2
From Canadian French québécois.
Proper noun
Québécois
- The Quebec variety of French.
I don't speak French and English; I speak Québécois et Joual.
Translations
Adjective
Québécois (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Quebec, its people, or its variety of French.
Canadians have mixed views concerning whether the Québécois people constitute a distinct nation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to Quebec, its people, or its variety of French
See also
References
- “Quebecois”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “Québécois”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
French
Etymology
From Québec + -ois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke.be.kwa/
- (Gaspesia) IPA(key): /ke.be.kwɛ/ (informal)
Noun
Québécois m (plural Québécois, feminine Québécoise)
- Quebecer; Québécois person
Selon le recensement de 2016 [deux-mille-seize], un peu plus de 6,3 [six virgule trois] millions Québécois ont le français comme langue maternelle, cela représentant 20,4 % [vingt virgule quatre pour cent] de la population canadienne et 79,1 % [soixante-dix-neuf virgule un pour cent] de celle de la province.- According to the census of 2016, a bit more than 6.3 million Quebeckers have French as mother tongue, this representing 20.4% of and 79.1% of .
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